His Lifetime Quotes
47 quotes by 42 authors
-
Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When the…
— Albert Camus
-
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
— Andrew Carnegie
-
Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center…
— Corrie Ten Boom
-
A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.
— Louis L'Amour
-
When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-
A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money…
— Andrew Carnegie
-
I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances - from my grave even more successfully and…
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
-
My favourite fellow of the Royal Society is the Reverend Thomas Bayes, an obscure 18th-century Kent clergyman and a brilliant mathematician who devised a complex…
— Bill Bryson
-
Just remember that William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime. Ya gotta keep creating.
— Kris Kristofferson
-
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact,…
— James Dean
-
Walter Benjamin knew that the break in tradition and loss of authority which occurred in his lifetime were irreparable, and he concluded that he had…
— Hannah Arendt
-
A child born in a wealthy country is likely to consume, waste, and pollute more in his lifetime than 50 children born in developing nations.…
— George Carey
-
That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration…
— William McKinley
-
In dedicating his estate to the honoring of endeavors that benefit mankind, Alfred Nobel expressed a lifelong concern that is even more timely in 1972…
— Stanford Moore
-
Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold…
— Eric Idle
-
A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during…
— Albert Einstein
-
Charley is a mind-reading dog. There have been many trips in his lifetime, and often he has to be left at home. He knows we…
— John Steinbeck
-
In the aftermath of the recent wave action in the Indian Ocean, even the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williamson [sic], proved himself a latter-day…
— Christopher Hitchens
-
It is said that brother Joseph in his lifetime declared that the Elders of this Church should step forth at a particular time when the…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
-
O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourself
— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Who Wrote These His Lifetime Quotes
42 authors contributed a total of 47 His Lifetime Quotes, led by these top contributors: